Folding sewing-receptacle for sewing-machines.



110.830.6311. PATENTBD'SEPT. 11, 1906.

E. E. ROLLER.

FOLDING SEWING REGEPTAGLB P011 SEWING MACHINES. APPLICATION FILED 111111121. 1005.

UNITED STATES PATENT as '1 Jjf'"! 1,;1 l i EMMA E. BOLLER, OF PASADENA, CALIF h FOLDING Q SEWING-RECEPTACLE FOR sswme-inilh oi-iln jsiino. 83Q,638.

. To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,- EMMA E. BOLLER, a citizen of the United States, res1dmg at Pasadena, 1n the county of Los Angeles and State tion.

An object of this invention is to provide a 1o neat, light, simple, cheap, and convenient receptacle readily attachable to the table of sewing-machines or to like supports, and

which can be extended and opened for re-v ceiving ruffles and other work as it passes 15' from the needle, and which can be collapsed and folded and allowed to hang down underneath the ledge of the table-top entirely out of the way when the machine is not in use.

The accompanying drawings illustratethe invention.

Figure 1 is a. broken perspective view illustrating the receptacle in position on the table-top of the sewing-machine ready to -re-.

ceive work from the needle. Fig. 2 shows the receptacle in folded and col-lapsed position. Fig. 3 is a broken detail in end eleva tion, showing the pivot and finger at. one end of the receptacle when the frames are in their extended and open position shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspective fragmental detail showing portions of the three-sided "supporting-frame and one of the end frames.

1 is a three-sided main supporting-frame made of wire bent in rectangular form, the ends 2 3 of the wire being bent to hook into the keepers in the form of plates 4, fastened to the under side of the sewing-machine table-top t and constructed and adapted to swing down into a hanging position, as shown in- Fig. 2, when the frame is folded.

5 6 represent end frames constructed of two pendent s ring-wire loops which are pivotally fastene to the end members 7 8 of the three-sided supporting-frame .to form end pieces to hold the collapsible receptacle 9 in the form of atrough when the. device is in use. Said receptacle is preferably made-of canvas or other suitable fabric, desirably fastened by means of'hooks 10, which may. be caught over the frame or may be caught in the holes 11, which ma be-provided in the rectangular frame. It is to be however, that these holes may not be used or may be dispensed with at the pleasure of the 55 constructor.

12 is an elastic strip which extends along Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed June 27,1905. Serial No. 267.191.

understood,

the side of the bag or v the open side of the supporti elastic is fastened to l een 1b supporting-frame byime an of the bag and holdsth'e gjpe or receptacle 9 from dice-ping:

ach of the plates 4 has an arm 14, desirably resilient, with a recess 15 in it into which fingers 16, bent from the end pieces or loops 5 6, may fit. The end pieces are preferably of spring-wire having a tendency away from each other to force the fingers into the recess when the end pieces are left free for that purpose and the three-sided frame is raised into the receiving position." (Shown in Fig. 1.)

It will be seen that thefingers 16 are adapted to engage catches 14 to hold the wire end pieces 5 and 6 outwardly to distend the bag.

To fold the frame, the fingers are pulled back out from under the table-top t, and the end pieces of the frames 5 6 are then brought into the plane of the three-sided frame. bag is then folded in the same plane, and the whole device drops down against the back of in Fig. 2.

What I claim is 1. A table, kee ers on the under side of the table each provid ed with a loop and a catch, a three-sided wire frame having ends pivoted in the loops, end frames of wire pivoted to the end members of the three-sided frame and having bent ends in the catches at a distance from the pivots to brace the frame and hold it in a horizontal position.

2. A supporting-frame having end pivots at one side, supports for said pivots, end frames pivoted on the ends of the main frame and each provided with a laterally-extending .ger, and supporting means for engaging the gers when the main frame is extended from the support and the end frames are in pendent position.

3. A su end pivots at one s1 e,

pivots, end

'the sewing-machine out of the way, as shown the end members of the three-sided frame and having bent ends in the catches at a distance from the pivots to brace the frame and hold it in ahorizontal osition, and a collapsible receptacle fastene to the main frame and inclosing the end frames and provided with a strip extending across the open side of the three-sided frame.

5. A table, abag, a main frame hinged to said table and fastened to said bag to hold the same in open position, end frames pivoted to said mainframe and connected to said bag, and a catch on the table adapted to hold said end frames outwardly to distend the bag.

6. A table, a bag, a main frame formed of Wire hinged to said table and fasteried to said bag to hold the same in 0 en position, wire end frames pivotedto sai main frame and connected to said bag, and a catch on the table' adapted to hold said end frames outwardly to distend said bag, the wire forming said end frames terminating in afinger adapted to engage said catch. I 4

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, at Los Angeles, California, this 20th day of June, 1905.

, EMMA E. BOLLER. In presence ofa JAMES R. T()WNSEND,. JULIA TOWNSEND.- 

